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September 12, 2013 at 12:17 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Contest Results, Crazy Legs Conti, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Marcos Owens, New York City, Podcasts, Yasir Salem
update Sept 15 Tania Fuentez has a flickr gallery
update Sept 13-2 Gothamist has a gallery with full results.
update Sept 13 The NY Daily News has a report.
update Joe Depace has a video
Crazy Legs Conti has a preview for the Huffington Post that was posted after the contest was finished according to the timestamp.
Demotix has a gallery
The Top 3
1) Yasir Salem 31.75, 1st non-qualifier victory
2) Marcos Owens 31
3) Eric “Badlands” Booker 28
4) Crazy Legs Conti 20
NPR has a podcast of Eric “Badlands” Booker and Crazy Legs Conti appearing on Ask Me Another.
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Joey Chestnut will attempt to break the MLE hard boiled egg record in an eating contest in Radcliff, KY on October 5. update Registration for the contest is now open September 12, 2013 at 11:44 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Joey Chestnut, Louisville, Records | Permalink * Comments (10)
Rush Darwish has a video of the 2013 Bartolini's meatball eating contest that Jamic McDonald won after Pat Bertoletti was assessed a 3 meatball deduction. September 12, 2013 at 9:59 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Jamie McDonald, Videos | Permalink * Comments (1)
Pat Bertoletti has posted a video where he drinks two gallons of milk in under 2 minutes. September 10, 2013 at 11:03 pm by
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CBS' Tailgate Fan blog claims that MLE desires a monopoly over competitive eating and says the organization "does not seem to want you to have any food-related fun outside of its sponsored events". September 10, 2013 at 12:24 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Contracts, Organizations | Permalink * Comments (10)
Cleveland.com has a preview of Friday's apple pie eating contest in Brunswick, OH where Joey Chestnut offers some training tips. Bob Shoudt and Adrian Morgan are other expected competitors. update A full competitors list includes Tim Janus and Sonya Thomas. According to the eatfeats database, the event will be the first IFOCE/MLE contest held on Friday the 13th. September 9, 2013 at 12:37 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Cleveland, Contest Previews, Joey Chestnut, Training | Permalink * Comments (5)
In the "Lactose Intolerant" episode of Mystery Diners, the undercover customers attempt to determine why the grilled cheese sandwich at Cheesie's Pub & Grub in Chicago had such a high success rate. The episode will be televised on the Food Network on September 13, 14 and 15. September 9, 2013 at 8:59 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicago, Sandwich Eating Challenges, Television | Permalink * Comments
September 7, 2013 at 11:30 am by
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A page about the tater tot eating contest to be held at Bar Louie locations on September 19 has been set up at rockthetot.com. The top five performers will win a trip to Cleveland to compete in the national finals on October 5 to compete for a first prize of $500. (press release) September 5, 2013 at 7:26 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Cleveland, Prizes, Rock the Tot, Websites | Permalink * Comments (7)
September 2, 2013 at 7:46 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Statistics, Women
As best as I can determine, there have been five IFOCE/MLE contests where the top two finishers have been female (excluding) women-only contests. Yesterdays’ contest was the first time the top three were all women.
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AdultSwim.com has a video of Bear Silber attempting to eat as many cronuts as possible without throwing up. September 2, 2013 at 12:23 am by
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August 30, 2013 at 10:39 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Statistics
A list of top 5 results from the past four MLE rib eating contest sorted by total / duration (leftmost column). Joey Chestnut almost tripled his rate in Wednesday’s contest (1.15 lb. / min) from his rate at the Chicago Ribfest in June (0.427 lb. / min) even though the Nevada contest is twice as long as Chicago’s competition. Read the rest of this entry »
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Eric "Badlands" Booker appeared on WKBW this morning to promote the Buffalo Wing Festival. August 30, 2013 at 10:27 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Buffalo, Eric "Badlands" Booker, Videos | Permalink * Comments (7)
Deadspin has a video of Tim Janus attempting to obtain become legally drunk (+.08 blood alcohol content) by drinking 30 cans of non-alcoholic malt beverage O'Doul's. August 28, 2013 at 12:32 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Tim "Eater X" Janus, Videos | Permalink * Comments (2)
Kevin Ross has produced a video about his trip to Lodi, CA to attempt a giant chicken fried steak eating challenge. August 28, 2013 at 12:08 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Chicken Fried Steak Eating Challenges, Kevin Ross, Videos | Permalink * Comments
Splitsider has an interview with comedian Barry Rothbart, co-producer of the upcoming competitive eating documentary Hungry. He makes the following claim about his film: "We actually started digging so deep that the league tried to sabotage our project on several occasions. It was like a spy movie." A release date is not provided. August 27, 2013 at 12:34 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Hungry | Permalink * Comments (4)
The 18 pound burger challenge at Super Heroes Sandwich Shop & Deli in North Plainfield, NJ was finished by a team of Johnnie Excel, Dave "US Male" Goldstein and Stephanie Torres. August 26, 2013 at 8:54 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Dave Goldstein, Johnnie Excel, Newark, Stephanie Torres, Team Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments (3)
KTLA has a segment about the challenge at Fat Sal's Deli in Los Angeles mentioning Jamie McDonald and Miki Sudo as the two finishers. Jerry Ferrara, "Turtle" from Entourage appeared as one of the deli's co-owners. August 26, 2013 at 5:55 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Los Angeles, Sandwich Eating Challenges, Videos | Permalink * Comments
LiveLeak.com has a video of the end of a wing eating contest where the winner punches another competitor after being harassed. update The video appears to have been originally recorded in March 2011 in Jacksonville. August 26, 2013 at 12:29 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Jacksonville, Videos | Permalink * Comments (5)
The Australian boy band Five Seconds of Summer attempted the 28 inch pizza challenge at Russo's New York Pizzeria in Houston during their US tour. August 22, 2013 at 12:41 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Houston, Music, Pizza Eating Challenges | Permalink * Comments
The Mirror has a list of 10 dishes that can kill or hospitalize claiming that Edward Archbold died in a cockroach eating contest in Wuhan, China two months ago. (The competition took place in Deerfield Beach, FL in October 2012.) The BBC and Guardian have more on the injury mentioned in the list that Nicola Peate experienced eating a triple burger in Liverpool . August 21, 2013 at 2:37 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Burger Eating Challenges, Fatalities, Liverpool | Permalink * Comments (3)
"Furious" Pete Czerwinski has uploaded a video of a butter eating contest where he faced off against Kevin "LA Beast" Strahle. August 21, 2013 at 12:18 pm by
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A heart attack has been listed as the official cause of death for Bruce Holland after he passed away while competing in an eating contest in Townsville, Australia last month. August 21, 2013 at 12:38 am by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Australia, Fatalities | Permalink * Comments (29)
August 20, 2013 at 2:39 pm by
ojrifkin · More posts about:Statistics
The list of head to head comparisons over contests from the past 12 months for people who have results for two or more MLE contests in the database during that time period follows after the jump. The top 10:
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